Dispensing device



H. C. MOORMAN DISPENSING DEVICE Nov; 3, 1925 Filed Nov. 15. 1924 Patented Nov. 3, 1925.

lUNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

l HAMILTON o. MOORMAN, on CHICAGO, ILLINOIS. I

nIsIENsING' DEVICE.

Appiication fiiea November i5, 1924. serial No. 750304.

To all wLOm z5 may concern.'

Be it known that I, HAMILTON C. MOOR- MAN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented new and useful Improvements in Dispensing' Devices, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to dispensing devices especially adapted for use in connection with powdered materials, although not necessarily restricted to suoli use.l

' Brieiiy stated, an important object of this invention is to provide a dispensing device having simple means whereby the material is accurately measured preparatory to dispensing the same.

A further object of the invention is to provide a dispensing apparatus of the character 'Specified which is of highly simplified construction, simple to Operate, and cheap to manufacture.

Other objects and advantages will be apparent during the course of the following description.

In the accompanying drawing forming a part of this application and in which like numerals are employed to designate like parts throughout the same,

Figure 1 is a side elevation of the improved dispensing device;

Fig. 2 is an end elevation of the same;

Fig. 3 is a plan view of the improved dispensing device; v

Fig. 4 is a group perspective of several measuring disks and aA supporting ring therefor; i

Fig. 5 is a perspective of another disk embodied in the invention and which is employed in connection with the two disks il-` support for a cylinder 6. Figs. 1, 2 and 3 illustrate that the cylinder 6 which is of sheet metal or the like has a detachable portion 7 and this detachable portion or section 'T and the major portion of the cylinder are provided with abut-ting flanges 8 for the reception of fastening devices 9 by means of which the detachable section is held in place. It is believed to be obvious that the section 7 may be easily detached for cleaning the interior of the device ,or for gaining access y to the inside of the same for the purpose of making repairs or replacements.

Fig. 2'illustrates that a supporting ring 10 is secured in the. lower portion of the cylinder 6 by screws or other fastening devices,

and'is secured upon the upperiedges` of the Athe Vmeasured material.` The opening 14 is gradually increased in width toward oneend and more. specifically the opening 14 is increased in width in the direction of Arotation of an .intermediate disk 15. The disk 15 is of skeleton formation or is somewhat of the formation of a spider. The material which is allowed to drop into the spaces between the spokes 16 of the intermediate disk 15 is swept across the top of the lower disk 12 and into the opening 14. It is thus seen that each time the disk l5 is rotated, a given amount of material will be dispensed from the cylinder.

The upper disk 18 is rigidly secured in the lower portion of the cylinder by brackets 19 and is provided with an approximately semi-circular opening 20 for supplying material to the segmental spaces between the spokes 16.

The lower disk 12 is also non-rotatably secured in the lower portion of the cylinder. Suitable fastening devices are employed to secure the disk 12 directly to the ring 10.

With reference to the foregoing description it will be seen that the disk 15 turns be` tween the fixed disks 12 and 18 so that each time the disk 15 makes a turn aproper quantity of material will be dispensed'into a receptacle or other receiver. The receptacle 25 is positioned betweenthe beams 5v and is held in position thereby.

The intermediate disk 15 has a hub provided with a squared opening for the reception of a drive shaft 31, the upper end of which is rotatably connected to a spider 32. The outer portion of this spider 32 is secured in any suitable manner to the cylinder.

The lower portion of the shaft 3l operates in a bearing 34 on the intermediate portion of a cross bar 35, the ends of which are secured to the supporting beams 5. It will be seen that-the cross bar 35 not only serves as a support `for the shaft 3l but also as a spacing and connecting ineans for the beams 5.

The shaft 3l is provided With a Worm Wheel 40 engaged by a Worm 41 on a main drive shaft 42 extending *roina' suitable-- source of power. By varying the speed of the shaft 42 the quantity o't' material' dispensed may be varied.

In operation, a battery-,of these-dispensing Vdevices may be employed for measuring and dispensing the various ingredients of a stock remedy, food, or the xlike. All of the^dis vpensingdevices maybe connected or'operation together so as to Abring about the proper mixture.

If desired the receptacle 25 may bedis- Lpensed Withand a traveling belt employed for receiving theimeasured ingredients as they are dispensed.

The material is originally :ted to the cylinder 6 froma hoppervGO having an attachingneck 62 Which isV detachably received in the upperend fof the cylinder. 1 Obviously, the* hopper 60 may be of any capacity desired.

andU having aplurality of openings adapted to successively register With the `opening in theupper disk,a 'lovver'disk rigidly Xed `beneath-saidfintermediate disk and having a substantially crescent -shaped discharge opening gradually :increased in Width '1n the Ydirection Iof rotation of the intermediate disk', and- Wit'fh its'ividest portion disposed radially of the `disk fto. prevent clogging, a

hdrive#shaft Vextending through all of said vdisks and vhaving drivingvv connection-With the in'termediatel disk,v a pair f 0i supporting beams supporting said cylinder, 'and'a ring finounted on v'saidvbeains and supporting` said lower disk. y

A'ln'testirnonly whereof I affix my signature.

Ml'LTON C'. MORMAN. 

